BUFFALO, NY—Buffalo State split a pair of road games this past weekend to secure the No. 5 seed entering the SUNYAC playoffs and will travel to No. 4 Brockport tomorrow at 7 p.m. for a quarterfinal contest.
 
The Bengals finished the regular season 15-9 overall and 11-7 in SUNYAC play.  Buffalo State opened the season just 1-4, but after senior guard Chris Cartwright (Binghamton/Binghamton) returned to the lineup after the first semester, the Bengals went 14-5 the rest of the way.  Cartwright is second on the team averaging 15.2 points-per-game, and is also averaging 4.8 assists. 
  
Senior Roderick Epps (Uniondale/Uniondale) is leading the Bengals, averaging 16.5 points and ranks third in school history with 1,499 career points.  Lovell Smith (Buffalo/McKinley) and Chris Thompson (Far Rockaway/Channel View) are also averaging scoring in double-figures.  Smith is scoring 12.7 points-per-game, and Thompson has averaged 10.8 points and a team-best 7.2 rebounds-per-contest.
 
Brockport is 14-11 overall and also finished 11-7 in league play, but won the tie-breaker over the Bengals by virtue of defeating top-seeded Plattsburgh.  The Golden Eagles won five of their last six games to secure the fourth seed. 
 
Buffalo State split the regular-season series with Brockport with each team winning on the road.  The Golden Eagles won in Buffalo on Jan. 6, 77-70, and the Bengals won in Brockport on Jan. 16, 85-69.
 
Buffalo State is making its first SUNYAC postseason appearance since 2012, and is looking for its first playoff win since defeating Brockport in the 2011 SUNYAC Championship game in 2011.

Tickets for the game are available on-line at www.BrockportTickets.com. Adult tickets are $6, Children (ages 5-12) are $3 and all SUNYAC Students are admitted free of charge with proper school ID.
 
The winner of tomorrow's game will advance to the semifinals at top-seeded Plattsburgh on Friday at 7:30 p.m.